The Lighter Side of First Coast Opera

Directed by David Stork
Accompanied by Scott Watkins
Produced by Anthony Fast
Photos by Anthony Fast and Joseph Edden

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“It’s a grand night for singing” from State Fair
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II
Company: 
Karen Adair, Michael Berryman, Bonita Bunt, Gary Bunt,
Stephanie Colsant, Katherine Cromley, Elise Curran, Anthony Fast,
Theresa Galeani, Jose Garcia, Jim Goodell, Weyman Hudgins, 
Jordyn Melino, Barbara Norris, Janet Rabe-Meyer, Erin Stillson,
David Stork, Sean Stork, Nina Tepedino, Linda Wills

 “The Merry Widow Waltz” from The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
Michael Berryman, baritone, and Elise Curran, soprano

 “Wunderbar” from Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter
Janet Rabe-Meyer, mezzo-soprano & David Stork, baritone

 W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
“Three little maids from school are we” from The Mikado
Elise Curran, Karen Adair, Janet Rabe-Meyer
“The hours creep on apace” from H.M.S. Pinafore
Barbara Norris, soprano
“Poor wand’ring one” from The Pirates of Penzance
Elise Curran, soprano

“All the things you are” from Very Warm for May
by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II
Bonita Bunt, soprano 

“All I ask of you” from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber Michael Berryman & Katherine Cromley, soprano 

“I hate men” from Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter
Janet Rabe-Meyer, mezzo-soprano

 ~  INTERMISSION  ~

 “Art is calling for me” from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert
Karen Adair, soprano

 “Maria” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Jose Garcia, tenor

 “I got plenty o’ nothin' from Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin
Jim Goodell, baritone

 “How are things in Glocca Morra?" from Finian’s Rainbow
by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg
Theresa Galeani, soprano

 “Much more” from The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Barbara Norris

 From Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, II
“Oh, what a beautiful morning”
Weyman Hudgins, tenor
“People will say we’re in love”
Erin Stillson, soprano & Sean Stork, baritone

 “Don Quixote/The impossible dream” from Man of La Mancha
by Mitch Leigh
David Stork, baritone

 “You’ll never walk alone” from Carousel
by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, II
David Stork and Company

Photo by Anthony Fast

Barbara Norris opens the show with a lighter side of opera.